Prosecutor Angela Narey told the court: "At 6pm on August 21, police received a phone call from the mother of an eight-year-old boy informing them that he has been riding his bicycle when an H-reg pick-up truck has driven down a grassed area and collided with her son, leaving him injured.

"The boy was interviewed, telling officers he was on his bike, going down a grassed bank when a man in a van came along.

"He tried to stop, but he crashed into the van and the man, Mr Crake, got out of the vehicle and asked him if he was OK.

"The boy told him that he wasn't, to which Mr Crake said 'I haven't got time for this'.